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Emily · 07/28/2008, 07:33 pm

Just curious, anyone know why the HR wiki forum has been closed for a week?

tabacco · 07/28/2008, 07:42 pm

According to the discussion on the main wiki page, it sounds like an admin prank gone wrong or something.

Emily · 07/28/2008, 08:06 pm

Now, why didn't I think to look at the main site?

Wikis confuse me.

16_BIT_MARIO1 · 07/29/2008, 08:33 am

Rammy made some silly word filters and Ace bumped an old thread. They had their powers taken, and every modmin ever logged on and locked the forum. That's my understanding of it, anyway.

EDIT: As posted by extremejon...
"Ramrod added a few word filters and messes with the forum order for laughs, temporarilly.

Every admin in the world logs on, panics, thinks they're being hacked.

crap blows up, Ramrod and Ace lose their powers in aftermath"

tabacco · 07/29/2008, 08:34 am

Wow, that seems like overkill, but whatever

16_BIT_MARIO1 · 07/29/2008, 08:44 am

Yeah, seriously. Oh, and here's how I know: Ace and Ramrod... is somewhere in Random Thoughts, I think... But, it would take about five hours to actually find it...

Gino · 07/30/2008, 02:37 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by noid

For fun, head admin Ramrod wants to mess around with the forum with mod's knowing. He messes around with the word filters a little bit and changes the forum order.

- Somebody alerts the KB admins, thinking it's a spam attack/terrorist attack/purge (again)

- Ramrod is de-admined with the KB admins believing his account is being "compromised", similar to The Purge that occured on August 17th, 2007, when an old mod's account got hacked.

- Lots of arguing goes on because they de-admined our only active admin

- StrongRad, a forum admin, locks a thread for us to cool down. Acekirby, a moderator, unlocks the thread because discussion is important.

- Somebody (probably IDC, not sure) demods Ace, saying he unlocked the thread twice. It's unknown what really happened. Logs say he did, but Ace persists that he did not.

- They lock the forum (because they don't want to listen to us, it seems)

- We forumers argue with Stu on IRC and eventually migrate to a replacement forum

- Ramrod and a lot of others, including myself, plea for the forum's return. IDC criticizes his plea, calling it blame-shifting and getting mad because he was referred to as IDC

- Furrykef, another well-liked mod, is sick of this and resigns from his position. Stu, a head KB admin, also has resigned, but nobody's really quite sure what happened there (at least the ones without mod or admin powers are)

...

KarmaRocketX · 07/30/2008, 02:45 pm

Wow.

Not even the Bush Administration is capable of such epic failure.

My hats off to them. Screwing up that badly takes talent.

Leak · 07/30/2008, 03:22 pm

^ Today's experiment (major epic forum meltdown) . . . BIG SUCCESS.

(Nah, not even Excel Saga is *THAT* weird... if this weren't reality you just couldn't make it up, I'd say...)

np: µ-Ziq - Gruber's Mandolin (Royal Astronomy)

LuigiHann · 07/30/2008, 03:29 pm

As 99 Red Balloons go by!

TrogLlama · 07/30/2008, 06:47 pm

Three cheers for internet drama!
Hip hip... FAIL.
Hip hip... FAIL.
Hip hip... FAIL.

Shambling Corporate Poster · 07/30/2008, 07:03 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarmaRocketX

Wow.

Not even the Bush Administration is capable of such epic failure.

My hats off to them. Screwing up that badly takes talent.

... LOL. Nice. Truth be told, the Bush Administration is capable of that. =/

Anyways, that's really funny. Admin- "OMG OMG, sombODY'S hack-ng! Lets Lockkk da foroms!"

Well... I know they're not THAT bad, but it's fun to protray them like that. At least the Shambling Corporate Presence didn't eat the Forums. ^_^

SCP Refrence count: 1!

Silent · 07/30/2008, 08:07 pm

...Wow. I honestly didn't expect such internet drama to occur over a flash website about a terrific athlete.

Assuming that this wiki forum is going down forever, who's going to go and rate how awesome the Strong Bad Emails are via a forum poll? Who will assign an official-looking reward for the 'Toon of the Month?

nathew · 07/30/2008, 11:35 pm

fat people on livejournal.

DS_Kid · 07/31/2008, 09:53 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent

...Wow. I honestly didn't expect such internet drama to occur over a flash website about a terrific athlete.

The HR Wiki Forum is known for having lots of drama. :P

To go along with what Gino said (which is basically 100% correct), the head admins (the Knowledge Base [KB] Admins) didn't really care about most of the forum anymore since it had become so diverse from its original Homestar Runner and Wiki discussion. To solve this laziness issue, they have permanently locked all of the Off Subject sections of the forum, and will presumably unlock the Homestar Runner sections sometime in the next century (its been two weeks since they put the whole place on lock down, so this could take awhile).

The admin prank that day, which involved shifting around the sections and making the word filter absolutely crazy, was quite funny. However, the super-ancient admins coming back from months or years of inactivity to lay hell on that place wasn't really funny.

I am sorry to those of you at Telltale that have been unable to post updates to the Strong Bad games at the HRWF; it is known that the place had one of the highest activity levels for Homestar Runner discussion on the internet. However, when the forum is finally unlocked, the place may very well never be the same, since most of the users have probably assumed that it's gone for good at this point, or have moved over to a message board that one of the other users has set up.

David E · 07/31/2008, 12:47 pm

Whoa, is HRwiki down now? I am saddened that I cannot look at it at this moment. Hopefully this is not internet drama related. Any news?

splash1 · 07/31/2008, 01:05 pm

that's to bad

Will · 07/31/2008, 02:16 pm

Don't those guys realize we are trying to make a game here? I need references darn it!

splash1 · 07/31/2008, 02:22 pm

so Telltale needs HRwiki! to

ladognome · 07/31/2008, 03:29 pm

H*R wiki nor TMBG wiki work.
i'm thinking it's a wiki problem.
stop blaming Homestar! that's Strong Bad's job

07/28/2008, 07:33 pm	#1
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	HR Wiki forum? Just curious, anyone know why the HR wiki forum has been closed for a week?

07/29/2008, 08:33 am	#4
16_BIT_MARIO1 remember when Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: wow, wat a pic Posts: 508	Rammy made some silly word filters and Ace bumped an old thread. They had their powers taken, and every modmin ever logged on and locked the forum. That's my understanding of it, anyway. EDIT: As posted by extremejon... "Ramrod added a few word filters and messes with the forum order for laughs, temporarilly. Every admin in the world logs on, panics, thinks they're being hacked. crap blows up, Ramrod and Ace lose their powers in aftermath" __________________ ([]0) HALT, CITIZEN, IT'S ROBOCOP THO Last edited by 16_BIT_MARIO1; 07/29/2008 at 08:51 am.

07/29/2008, 08:44 am	#6
16_BIT_MARIO1 remember when Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: wow, wat a pic Posts: 508	Yeah, seriously. Oh, and here's how I know: Ace and Ramrod... is somewhere in Random Thoughts, I think... But, it would take about five hours to actually find it... __________________ ([]0) HALT, CITIZEN, IT'S ROBOCOP THO

07/30/2008, 03:29 pm	#10
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,659	As 99 Red Balloons go by! __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

07/30/2008, 06:47 pm	#11
TrogLlama Umm... not... pigeon. Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 996	Three cheers for internet drama! Hip hip... FAIL. Hip hip... FAIL. Hip hip... FAIL. __________________ http://i43.tinypic.com/28hfnn9.jpg

07/28/2008, 07:42 pm	#2
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	According to the discussion on the main wiki page, it sounds like an admin prank gone wrong or something.

07/28/2008, 08:06 pm	#3
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	Now, why didn't I think to look at the main site? Wikis confuse me.

07/29/2008, 08:34 am	#5
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	Wow, that seems like overkill, but whatever

07/30/2008, 02:45 pm	#8
KarmaRocketX Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 57	Wow. Not even the Bush Administration is capable of such epic failure. My hats off to them. Screwing up that badly takes talent.

07/30/2008, 03:22 pm	#9
Leak Blorp blorp blorp... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Linz, Austria Posts: 983	^ Today's experiment (major epic forum meltdown) . . . BIG SUCCESS. (Nah, not even Excel Saga is THAT weird... if this weren't reality you just couldn't make it up, I'd say...) np: µ-Ziq - Gruber's Mandolin (Royal Astronomy)

07/30/2008, 08:07 pm	#13
Silent Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 61	...Wow. I honestly didn't expect such internet drama to occur over a flash website about a terrific athlete. Assuming that this wiki forum is going down forever, who's going to go and rate how awesome the Strong Bad Emails are via a forum poll? Who will assign an official-looking reward for the 'Toon of the Month?

07/30/2008, 11:35 pm	#14
nathew Style Handler Join Date: May 2008 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 252	fat people on livejournal. __________________ <--- green bubs?

07/31/2008, 12:47 pm	#16
David E ¬¬ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Rafael, California, USA Posts: 703	Whoa, is HRwiki down now? I am saddened that I cannot look at it at this moment. Hopefully this is not internet drama related. Any news?

07/31/2008, 01:05 pm	#17
splash1 Electric Tuna Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jungle Subway Posts: 2,588	that's to bad __________________ *inFamous, is the best game ever and you can't say it isn't cause it would a lie!!! SO THERE! Sam: "This goes down to fiery bowls of America's filthiest city." Max*: "You've been listening to my inner bathroom narration again!"

07/31/2008, 02:16 pm	#18
Will Telltale Team Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sausalito, CA Posts: 2,331	Don't those guys realize we are trying to make a game here? I need references darn it!

07/31/2008, 02:22 pm	#19
splash1 Electric Tuna Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Jungle Subway Posts: 2,588	so Telltale needs HRwiki! to __________________ *inFamous, is the best game ever and you can't say it isn't cause it would a lie!!! SO THERE! Sam: "This goes down to fiery bowls of America's filthiest city." Max*: "You've been listening to my inner bathroom narration again!"

07/31/2008, 03:29 pm	#20
ladognome Hoopy Frood Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lala Land Posts: 151	H*R wiki nor TMBG wiki work. i'm thinking it's a wiki problem. stop blaming Homestar! that's Strong Bad's job __________________ I'm the original pineapple. Check out my music forum! http://zippy.said.ws/

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